Originally Posted by
big honkin jeep
It seems I have all of those you mentioned except my Leupolds are VX3s and Vari x 2s.
My personal favorite hands down would be the Burris E1 and i currently own 4 of them. Excellent low light performance that allows me to see well before/past legal hunting hours in Georgia with better coatings, better turrets and adjustments than the others. I'm also very fond of the drop feature of the reticle.
If you want to check them out for yourself at the retailer then print a copy of an eye chart and take it with you.
This is the only way I know to be able to determine the minute differences in clarity etc while in a retail environment.
I wish more optics retailers would put them up in their stores but then they'd never sell some of the stuff on their shelves.